What is shown by the film is that, if
Diebold designed their ATM machines the way they design their voting
machines, none of us would have a dime left in our bank accounts. Such
remarkable facts are usually not the result of incompetence, but of
design.

Perhaps the most jaw-dropping piece of
information in this documentary is that John Kerry not only knew that
the voting machines could be hacked and votes manipulated before he
conceded the election, he knew that in fact it had happened. Yes,
that is right, Kerry knew there was evidence that the election could
have been rigged and he still threw in the towel.

I have always wondered how Kerry
suddenly catapulted to the lead spot in that election. It had to have
been more than Howard Dean’s scream. Could it have been a very
orchestrated effort to make sure that if something went wrong and the
Republicans weren’t able to control and win the election as planned
that someone who supported the agenda behind the war on terrorism
would still be at the helm?

In the run-up to this election, it is
important to remember that we have Nancy Pelosi saying that
impeachment won’t be on the table if the Dems win control of the House
and Howard Dean saying that no, the Democratic Party doesn’t have a
plan for bringing the troops home or ending the Iraq conflict anytime
soon. It has taken six long years for the consciousness of the
American public to reach critical mass in understanding that something
is seriously wrong with this presidency. But what we are still
refusing to see is that the Democratic Party is not a true
alternative. No matter what happens on Wednesday morning, we are still
going to be sitting in a deep smelly pile of brown stuff with no real
plan to clean up the mess.

Another woman who has worked tirelessly
to expose the hijacking of democracy is Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA).
From the beginning, she has questioned the official 911 story and
worked to document the disenfranchisement of black voters. All of this
is documented in
American Blackout. Because of McKinney’s courageous
insistence on telling the truth, she has been the victim of two highly
organized campaigns to drive her out of office. You’ll recall earlier
this year she was accused of hitting a Capitol Hill police officer who
stopped her when she didn’t show him her ID. The supposed video
evidence of the incident was never released and the charges were
dropped, but not before the way over the top news coverage had done
its damage. McKinney lost her primary and will not be returning to
office in January.

So before you go out and celebrate
Tuesday night/sink into the depths of depression depending on how this
goes down, sit yourself down and watch these films that document the
work of these two courageous women. Until we understand the extent to
which our democracy has been stolen, we will not be able to reclaim
it.